I got reminded of the terms of service last time I mentioned a wattless dropper.

But this is different. It's a line powered incandescent bulb not a LED. (Yea I dont get the TOS rules break downs either but incandescent is not LED so its okay.)
No... Wait.. Discussing a triac dimmer shouldn't be okay either being it uses some resistors capacitors N' stuff running on a line powered AC circuit to work.

I had no idea I could open up a light bulb and add a non-polarized capacitor in it. I'm going to try this. Thanks!

Okay... I'm taking back the no brains part and slowly walking away now.

It would go in series with either wire and you can hide it where ever it fits like inside the piping.

I'm guessing a 200+ volt AC rated 4 - 10 uf axial lead type capacitor should get your 60 watt bulb down into the brightness ranges you want.

 

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